angular.module('myApp', ['ngRoute'])
.config(function($routeProvider) {
$routeProvider
.when('/', {
template: '<h1>{{title}}</h1><p>{{blurb}}</p><div ng-controller="ResolveController">Using ng-controller: <strong>{{data.data}}</strong></div>',
controller: 'HomeController'
})
.when('/byResolve', {
template: '<h1>{{title}}</h1><p>{{blurb}}</p><p>Resolved: <strong>{{data.data}}</strong></p>',
controller: "ResolveController",
resolve: {
dataService: ['Service',
function(Service) {
// Here getData() returns a promise, so we can use .then.
// I'm wrapping the result in an object with property 'data', so we're returning an object
// which can be referenced, rather than a string which would only be by value.
// This mirrors what we return from dataService (which wraps Service), making it interchangeable.
return Service.getData().then(function(result) {
return {
data: result
};
});
}
]
}
})
.when('/byWrapperController', {
template: '<h1>Wrapped: {{title}}</h1><p>{{blurb}}</p><div ng-controller="WrapperController">Resolving and passing to a wrapper controller: <strong>{{data.data ? data.data : "Loading..."}}</strong></div>',
controller: 'WrapperController'
});
})
.controller('HomeController', function($scope) {
$scope.title = "ng-controller";
$scope.blurb = "Click 'By Resolve' above to trigger the next route and resolve.";
})
.controller('ResolveController', ['$scope', 'dataService',
function($scope, dataService) {
$scope.title = "Router and resolve";
$scope.blurb = "Click 'By ng-controller' above to trigger the original route and test ng-controller and the wrapper service, 'dataService'.";
$scope.data = dataService;
}
])
.controller('WrapperController', ['$scope', '$controller', 'Service',
function($scope, $controller, Service) {
$scope.title = "Resolving..."; //this controller could of course not show anything until after the resolve, but demo purposes...
Service.getData().then(function(result) {
$controller('ResolveController', {
$scope: $scope, //passing the same scope on through
dataService: {
data: result
}
});
});
}
])
.service('Service', ['$timeout',
function($timeout) {
return {
getData: function() {
//return a test promise
return $timeout(function() {
return "Data from Service!";
}, 1000);
}
};
}
])
// our wrapper service, that will resolve the promise internally and update a property on an object we can return (by reference)
.service('dataService', function(Service) {
// creating a return object with a data property, matching the structure we return from the router resolve
var _result = {
data: null
};
Service.getData().then(function(result) {
_result.data = result;
return result;
});
return _result;
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.27/angular.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.27/angular-route.min.js"></script>
<div ng-app="myApp">
<a href="#/">By ng-controller</a> |
<a href="#/byResolve">By Resolve</a> |
<a href="#/byWrapperController">By Wrapper Controller</a>
<div ng-view />
</div>
